Improvement in brushes



M-. LE INER.

Brush.

No. 2OI,688. Patented March 26,1878.

' ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

MORlTZ LEINER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN BRUSHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 201,688, dated March26, 1878 application filed September 1, 1877. I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MORITZ LEINER, of New York city, in the county andState of New York, have invented a new and Improved Brush, of which thefollowing is a specification:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a top view, and Fig. 2a vertical longitudinal section, of the improved brush on line 00 m,Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding, parts.

The object of this inventionjis to furnish, for bathing purposes, forbrushing horses, and for other applications, an improved flexible brush,that may be conveniently applied for use, and be manufactured at veryreason! able rates. 7

The invention consists of a series of round brushes made of bristlesretained in twisted wire strands, said brushes being attached toflexible bindings at the ends, and provided with'a suitable handledevice.

Referring to the drawing, A represents a brush which is constructed inthe well-known manner, by binding on the bristles in the twists of stiffwire strands, so that a round brush, with spirally-arranged tufts ofbristles, is obtained, as shown in Fig. 2. A series of brushes, A, isarranged either parallel to each other, or some are placed parallel andothers at right angles to the first series, but so as to come closetogether, with the bristles partly interlocking, the brushes being thenconnected at the bent or eye-shaped ends of the twisted wires by alining, B, of leather, rubber, braid, or other suitable flexiblematerial.

The lining B is attached by being stitched firmly to the eyes of thewires, and is covered by an outer protecting lining of suitable color,for improving the appearance of the brush.

At one or both ends of this flexibly-jointed brush is attached a handle,0; or a gloveshaped handle may be used with the brush, or any othersuitable attachment for handling the brush may be arranged in connectionwith the brush, according as the same is desired for bathing purposes,or for brushing horses, or for other applications, the advantage of thebrush consisting in the yielding or flexible connection of theindividual brushes, so that they adapt themselves to the shape of thepart to be brushed.

The brush is taken hold of with the hand, and the handle attachmentadjusted on the hand, and the brush then used with great facility andconvenience, being superior to the rigid brushes, which do notaccommodate themselves to the part to be Worked upon.

The brush may be trimmed off, to be shorter at one side than at theother, so that one side is stiffer than the other, and exerts a moreeffective brushing action than the other softer side.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A series of brushes connected at the bent ends of twisted wires by aflexible material,

B, as and for the purpose specified.

MOBITZ LEINER.

Witnesses:

PAUL GoEPEL, ALEX. F. BoBERTs.

